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Drawing on fieldwork at an NGO in rural Tanzania, Jenna N. Hanchey explores the how the processes of ruination in Western institutions hold the potential for decolonial renewal.

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“A true work of unlearning for relearning! Erudite, lucid, profound, this book successfully shakes the foundations of Western messianism.” -- Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Professor and Chair of Epistemologies of the Global South, University of Bayreuth

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction. The Center Cannot Hold 1
Part I
1. Doctors with(out) Burdens 25
2. All of Us Phantasmic Saviors 58
3. Haunted Reflexivity 88
Part II
4. Water in the Cracks 117
5. Fluid (Re)mapping 141
6. Things Fall Apart 163
Conclusion. Rivulets in the Ruins 185
Notes 195
Bibliography 217
Index 231

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      Publisher: Duke University Press
      Publication Date: 02/08/2023
      ISBN13: 9781478019978, 978-1478019978
      ISBN10: 1478019972
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Drawing on fieldwork at an NGO in rural Tanzania, Jenna N. Hanchey explores the how the processes of ruination in Western institutions hold the potential for decolonial renewal.

      Trade Review
      “A true work of unlearning for relearning! Erudite, lucid, profound, this book successfully shakes the foundations of Western messianism.” -- Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Professor and Chair of Epistemologies of the Global South, University of Bayreuth

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments ix
      Introduction. The Center Cannot Hold 1
      Part I
      1. Doctors with(out) Burdens 25
      2. All of Us Phantasmic Saviors 58
      3. Haunted Reflexivity 88
      Part II
      4. Water in the Cracks 117
      5. Fluid (Re)mapping 141
      6. Things Fall Apart 163
      Conclusion. Rivulets in the Ruins 185
      Notes 195
      Bibliography 217
      Index 231

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